Mental Health Liaison NurseinSt Leonards on SeainSt Leonards on SeaPUBLISHED FRI 28 FEB 2025
We’re looking for a skilled and empathetic mental health practitioner, ideally suited for those who thrive in dynamic environments and can juggle various responsibilities with grace. You’ll be engaged in comprehensive risk assessments, collaborating across teams, and developing care plans that ensure seamless transitions for patients. If you're ready to enhance your professional skills while enriching the lives of patients and their families, we’d love to hear from you. Your next rewarding career step starts here, where your passion for care meets impactful mental health service delivery.
As part of the East Sussex Urgent Care Pathway The Haven, Hastings provides an emergency mental health response service that will support people experiencing a mental health crisis that requires an immediate response. The post Holder with have the opportunity to work within The Haven, Hastings, with the Mental Health Liaison Team providing them with a wide and diverse range of adaptable skills they can apply across the whole Urgent Care Pathway.The service operates 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and the post holder will be expected to do shift work across the services.This service will support diversion from A&E for the people who require contact and or assessment with a mental health worker but who are not in need of medical attention. Assessment, advice and support to those who are suffering with mental health issues but are physically unwell in the general hospital. Providing advice and support throughout their stay and appropriate follow up care. Assessment following referral to Crisis team from primary care services and people who require urgent assessment.If you are a highly skilled mental health practitioner, able to work flexibly across Urgent Care Services to meet service demands and the needs of the patient and have proven experience of working on your own initiative, assessing people with mental health problems and complex needs including comprehensive risk assessment and risk management then we want to hear from you..
To offer a comprehensive assessment for people referred by the A&E Department of the Conquest Hospital in line with hospital protocols.To take referrals from the medical members of the Psychiatric Liaison team for short term intervention and care for inpatients in the Conquest Hospital who have been diagnosed with a mental health problem.To act as care coordinator under the Care Programme Approach for patients on the caseload and to ensure discharge is fully planned. This may involve some home visits. Ensure documentation is provided in a timely and effective manner to ensure a seamless service is being provided and to comply with good practice Trust guidelines.To act as an effective member of the Psychiatric Liaison Team, contributing to the development of good practice and the strategic development of the same. Liaise with internal and external contacts as required.To manage a co-morbid outpatient caseload in line with Trust protocols. The caseload is managed through the existing outpatient clinic framework and is base at The Conquest Hospital.To act as a link between The Conquest Hospital, including A&E Department, and the Community Mental Health Teams providing information and advice for staff.To provide an educational and advice-giving role for staff within the Conquest Hospital.
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